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Due to increasing racism & ethnic violence in France, dialogue & conference building should be implemented to alleviate tensions between Muslim immigrants & the native French. Despite the Muslim community's peaceful history in France, recent political & social developments have contributed to ethnic, religious, & cultural hostility. Socioreligious issues, economic hardship, increased immigration, & France's foreign policy are triggering outbursts of violence. Additionally, France is succumbing to the Western fear of Islamic fundamentalism & is failing to distinguish Islamic terrorists from Islamic activists. In the global historical perspective, these developments are in accord with rising tensions in the Mediterranean region as the Arab population becomes more prominent. Policy guidelines are presented for avoiding conflict. 19 References. M. Grounds

To fulfill its pledge of the constitution of 1946 to lead her dependent people toward self-gov, the French have sent an increasing number of Africans to the Sch's & U's of metropolitan France. Certain problems arose such as problems of diet, ethnic discrimination, cultural adjustment, educ'al difficulties, & a misunderstanding as to the function of this newly educated elite. The French had in mind the creation of an elite which would remain below the whites, while the Africans pictured themselves as a new elite to replace=the old. The S's work out solutions to their problems including the establishment of their own org's in an attempt to minimize friction between the 2 societies, African & French. Acculturation of the S's takes place but more in the form & response pattern rather than a change in basic values.- The quality of the training of tomorrow's African elites therefore, is not only a product of the kind of U training but a consequence of the total experiences of the elite in its day-todav living In France. B.J. Keeley.

The International African Institute (IAI) is concerned with the study of African cultures and social systems-both the traditional structures, with the beliefs and attitudes which underlie them, and the changes and tensions to which they are presently subjected. The IAI's work has 3 aspects: research, information services, and publications. Extensive research has been carried out in linguistic, ethnographic, and sociological areas. The research was interrupted by the war and since, has been resumed on a wider scale than before. The principle aim in post-war research has been to describe and understand the changes which are taking place in the lives of the African people. The IAI's information services have been expanded and now provide a unique tool for research workers, students, administrators, and those concerned with African problems. A series of monographs has been published. 2 quarterly reviews: Africa and African Abstracts are published. Membership in the institute is open to all persons with interests in the fields of African ethnology, sociology, and linguistics. J. E. Hughes.

The Dept of Soc-Anthrop has recently made studies of elites in a Ewe community at Keta on the Gold Coast & the Birom tribe of central Nigeria. Ewe culture is relatively complex. The people are influenced by Western educ, though 75% of the adult pop is illiterate. Among the Keta, the direction of societal change is largely under the hand of the literate but not highly educated individuals. Among the Birom, the material standard of living is one of the most meagre in Africa. Though their mode of existence is quite primitive, some gov officials say that the Birom are about to surpass all other northern Nigerians. This change toward a great desire for educ & progress is due not only to the influence of a few British pol'al officers & European missionaries but certainly to the intelligence of the people through their educ & personal qualities. These new wise men of the tribe are respected, trusted, & imitated. No longer do these once 'primitive' people feel themselves despised. B. J. Keeley.

This article examines how symbols of Islamic repression and massacre affect radicalisation among North Africans living in the UK. It suggests that these symbols are an insufficient but necessary cause in the larger process of 'radicalisation', because they provide a basis for perceptions of injustice. In this context, myths, memories and symbols of colonial repression, contemporary repression of free political expression in North African states and current perceptions of western 'oppression' of Islam may be perceived as rationales for 'oxygenation'. Oxygenation here denotes exchanges among different Muslim communities throughout Britain which potentially facilitate terrorist networks. Oxygenation in turn contributes to 'blowback', here in the guise of perceptions among British Muslims of global oppression of the Umma, especially understood in light of the Iraqi and Afghani insurgencies. This article also explores how these symbols may be cultivated and disseminated at popular and elite levels.

As African & Northern states increasingly prioritise immigration control & economic & security considerations, families are being pulled apart. In the UK detention & deportation prevent reunification & actively disrupt family unity. Adapted from the source document.